Word: quebecers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although Trudeau built a reputation as a civil libertarian, he also proved willing to use force if reason failed. In 1970 Trudeau became the first Prime Minister in history to invoke Canada's War Measures Act in peacetime, sending the army into the streets of Montreal and Quebec City to deal with terrorist kidnapings by the separatist Front de Libération du Québec By 1975 Trudeau's reputation as a powerful leader had dimmed. In the 1979 election his Liberals lost to the Conservatives; six months later he announced that he was stepping down...
...short-lived decision. When the government of Tory Prime Minister Joe Clark fell soon thereafter, the phoenix-like Trudeau was back in power again. In short order he defeated efforts by Quebec Premier René Lévesque to win a referendum on negotiations toward independence for the province. Then, in what may prove to be his most profound achievement, Trudeau overrode powerful opposition from several provincial factions to win a revamping of Canada's constitution, including the addition of a charter of civil rights. More recently, he embarked on a well-meant but unsuccessful campaign to ease East...
Winnipeg 6, Quebec...